The Trinity Cycle - Conclusion

Polarity
Dynamics

Trinity Cycle

Conclusion

It is interesting to note that there are many levels to the symbols and to the Trinity Cycle itself. For example, there is a tension between wholeness on the one hand, and change and disruption on the other. This tension is actually a reflection of the second phase of this process itself (the process is large enough to embrace itself). This tension is seen in other areas of life. Metabolism and catabolism, building up and breaking down, are part of the rhythm of life. Ultimately this rhythm is part of a larger whole, of which this process is a part. An awareness of the process gives an understanding of this fundamental and universal rhythm, which in turn enables one to dance with life rather than either fumbling through it or else standing on the sidelines watching it go by.

The third phase, rather than doing away with the previous stages, includes them. The triangle is both the completion of the process and (since it incorporates all the symbols) the process itself. The process these symbols allude to is a profound mystery. In some way it is inherent in all activity. Its simplicity can be deceiving, for the depths these symbols hold appear to be immeasurable. It is in visualizing and meditating on these symbols that these depths are discovered and explored, and one's life is enlarged and enriched. Indications for this can be found in the Appendix.

Notes:

1. T.S.Eliot, Four Quartets. London: Faber & Faber, 1959, p.59.
2. Julius E. Heuscher, A Psychiatric Study of Myths and Fairy Tales. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1974, p.196.
3. Kazimierz Dabrowski, Positive Disintegration. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1964, p.3.
4. Jacob Needleman, Money and the Meaning of Life. New York: Doubleday, 1991, p.117.
5. M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978, p.16.
6. Heuscher, p.269.
7. Louise J. Kaplan, Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978, p.31.
8. Peck, p.15.
9. Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching. D.C.Lau, trans., Hammondsworth: Penguin, 1963, p.57.
10. Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet. M. D. Herter Norton, trans., New York: W.W. Norton, 1954, p.35.
11. Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love. ch.27.

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Dirk Kelder
May 30, 2010.